I wanted to switch on the device from standby. The lock screen shows up, but without any text or icons on it (just the background) and the backlight was dimmed like it is shortly before the device goes to standby. Then the display went off and I wasn't able to switch it on again.

Then I tried to switch off the device completely (not only standby) by holding the power button for about 10 sec. Nothing happend. The device was still in standby which I could confirm by connecting it to my PC, where I could access the device's data.

I removed the SIM card to provoke some reaction, but that didn't work.

Thanks. Hmm with two people reporting this before the phone is even officially out here in the U.S., it bares watching. Please keep us updated on its performance. I've owned a Lumia 800 and 900 and neither ever crashed. Not even once.

I've been having the same issues since I got mine yesterday. It's crashed twice now. The first time it eventually came up on it's own. It crashed after a game purchase when I first got into the games app. The second time I had to use the reset above and it crashed while browsing forums with the WPC app.

Thanks. Hmm with two people reporting this before the phone is even officially out here in the U.S., it bares watching. Please keep us updated on its performance. I've owned a Lumia 800 and 900 and neither ever crashed. Not even once.

There has been a lot of reports over at 8X forums as well. Could be something WP8 related.

I've had two crashes in the four days I've had my 920 (AT&T). I don't want to bad mouth the device because I REALLY like the hardware but it's clear to me that Microsoft had to essentially rewrite WP again and it feels like a 1.0 release.

I've had two crashes in the four days I've had my 920 (AT&T). I don't want to bad mouth the device because I REALLY like the hardware but it's clear to me that Microsoft had to essentially rewrite WP again and it feels like a 1.0 release.

Everyone should contact @NokiaCareUS on twitter and tell them about their issues. This could speed up the arrival of the next software update.

Finally convinced my wife to dump her Blackberry and get a Windows phone. I did tell her to wait and not be an early adopter but she picked up a beautiful red Lumia 920 at the AT&T store for $99.99 plus a 2 year contract renewal that was going to happen anyway.

Lot's of fun for the first 3 days. Then on day 4 it started hanging. Once for several hours until we learned about the "down volume + power button" reset. That worked once, but then not long after that it hung again. Nothing would un-hang it that time. At 8pm last night she headed to the nearest AT&T store that was open until 9pm. Best they could do was give her a black 920 as a replacement. She liked the red but really liked the phones usability and features best so she took the black one.

The replacement has already hung at least 7 times this morning. She's not doing anything out of the ordinary, just trying to download some podcasts that she likes to listen to in the car. She's taking it to the AT&T store again today in hopes that this time it is more of a hardware problem with the replacement phone they gave her.

I've had my Samsung Focus 2 for almost a year now and never had a problem like this. Seems like WP8 was released half-baked. I've been looking forward to getting my own upgrade but now I'm not so sure.

I wanted to switch on the device from standby. The lock screen shows up, but without any text or icons on it (just the background) and the backlight was dimmed like it is shortly before the device goes to standby. Then the display went off and I wasn't able to switch it on again.

Then I tried to switch off the device completely (not only standby) by holding the power button for about 10 sec. Nothing happend. The device was still in standby which I could confirm by connecting it to my PC, where I could access the device's data.

I removed the SIM card to provoke some reaction, but that didn't work.

Does anyone have an idea how I can get my Lumia back to life?

Thanks in advance,
bye,
Christian

had the exact same issue. The phone still on (you can browse it when connected to your PC) but the screen is black and you can't do anything . Phone crashed last night it was just sitting on a table I wasn't even using it. Thanks for the volume down power button tip as I was just about to take it back today, I only got it yesterday. I can count the time my old HTC Mozart win7 phone crashed on one hand in 2 years!